Round 9: Tossup 17

A chemist from this country attempted to extract gold from seawater to pay off this country’s debt. This country was home to the world’s largest chemical company from 1925 until the end of World War II, (15[1])IG Farben, (15[2])whose (15[2])president received a Nobel for work on a process that reduced the need for guano. During the “Strength (15[1])through Joy” program, this country created a car company with a name meaning (*) “people’s car.” (10[6])Fanta was created (10[1])when a 1940s trade embargo prevented (10[1])Coca-Cola products from being imported to this (-5[1])home country of Fritz Haber. For 10 points, Volkswagen (10[1])used concentration camp labor under the Nazis in what country? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Germany [or Deutschland; accept Weimar Republic or Weimar Germany or German Reich; accept German Republic; accept German Empire; accept Nazi Germany or Third Reich] (The unnamed president of IG Farben is Carl Bosch, who received a Nobel for his work on high-pressure catalysts in the Haber-Bosch process.)
<European History — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 9
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